Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-23
TEE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
The Whole Political World Greatly
interested in the Result of Mon
days Elections in Germany.
A Formidable Increase of Socialists
Throughout the Empire-The New
Reichstag Full of Them.
Bismarck Assured of a Majority on His
Septennato Measure-Many Second
Ballots Necessary.
Germany.

Germany.
RETURNS FROM THE CITY OF BERLIN.
BERLIN, Feb. 22.-The elections in this
city have resulted unfavorable for all the
government candidates. In four of the
six divisions second ballot will be
necessary, but in each of these divisions
the anti-septennate candidate has at
present a majority. In the First division
Klotz, new German Liberal, has 1882
and Zedlitz NenkeTch, Septennist, 1905
a second ballot is necessary. In the
Second division Virchow, new
German Liberal, received Is, 439
and Wolf, Septennist, l6,lO8.
Another ballo is necessary. In the
Third division Munckel, a New German
Liberal, received 10, 400 and Christensen,
Socialist, $3.50. There will be another
ballot In the fourth division it is re-
ported that the socialist Singer, is elect
| ed, but official returns from the division
have not vet been received. In the Fifth
district Baumbsck, New German Lib
eral, received 1906 and Major Blum,
| Septennist, 1908. In the Sixth division
Hezenclever, Socis list, Is elected by a
rye maj Ority over Greelling, New
German Liberal, and Holt, SeptenniSt
In Strasburg, Kahle, Centreist, received
S262, and Petri G698. Alx-la chapelle re-
turns u Centreist and Nuremburg re-
| turns a Socialist.
THE ARMY MUST BE PERMANENT.
BERLIN, Feb. pa leaflet recently
issued by the New German Liberals stated
that the question of peace or war did not
depend upon whether a peace effective
was fixed for three or seven years.
The LieguItzerZeit2ng referred the
statement to Count Won Moltke,
VITO telegraphed the following reply:
'Srhe peace effective is certainly the
! same whether 1t be sanctioned for seven
or for three years, but as regards the war
I strength the former term gives more
than double the number of trained re-
serves as compared with the shorter
period. With the army there must be
permanenCy. 1t cannot be remoGeled
every three years in conformity with par
liameniary resolutions.
TOO EARLY To FORM AN ESTIMATE.
| BERLIN, Feb. % The exact strength
OF the government in the new Reichstag
will not be known until one or more votes
are taken. It is anticipated that some
members of the Center party who OPP
| posed the septennate in the cid Reichs az
and who have been cOn7erUed by the
counsels of the Vatican will be returned
to the new Reichstag. How many is not
known.
MANY SECOND BALLOTS NECESSARY.
BERLIN, Feb. 22.-An ANALYSIS OF the
vote yesterday shows that contest was
very stubborn. As night advanced the
excitement became intense. Thousands
of people surrounded the newspaper
offices awaiting the special editions Civ
ing returns. 1t is stated that Singer and
| HaZenCleaver have each over 1900 ms joT-
ity IN this city. Second ballots are neces-
~ary in KOenigsberg, Elbertield, Breslau,
Lubbock, Dresden, Allstadt, Frankfort,
Dantzc, Stellin, Cologne and Munich.
Septennists are elected in Bremen, Leip-
sic and Brunswick. The Socialist OIL
gsnizatiou has been most COM
plete. S, cialist electors were brought
to the polls in battalions. TwoiSocialists
are returned for Breslau. Riechster is
returned for Hagen. Prince Bismarck,
on appearing at his polling station in the
Second division in this City, was greeted
with storm of cheers According to
the re-bGllot arrangements, IL Is probable
| that Berlin will be represented by three
| new German Liberals and three Social !
| lists. The net result of the Berlin voting
is as follows: Socialist, 81 ,007, a gain
of $1,000; Septenuists, 50 SIS; New Ger
man Liberals, 90, S64. The Government |
party gained IL, 900, and the New German
Liberals lost 5000. Returns from the |
provinces show losses by the New Ger |
man Liberals.
Herr Riechster's organ, Freisinnige |
Zeitung, consoles the party by declaring |
hat the Socialists proflted by the radical
disasters. This, however, is not exactly |
he case. Combined Conservative |
and National Liberals, support |
ers OF the Septennate, secured many |
seats, though there is no clear proofs of |
their having working majority, IS the |
CrnteristS seem to have voted in undi- |
minished numbers. The feature of the |
cleo ion is the unusual number of second !
ballots necessary, 9 fact which proves the
closeness of the contests. The result in |
Hamburg is triumph for the Socialists,
two Of whose candidates are re-
turned by large msjorlties. In the
Third Hamburg division the Socialist
candidate is ahead, bat second ballot is
necessary. Corrected returns from the |
Second Berlin division show Wolff, Sep |
tennist, received 1852 V ties; Vlrchow,
New German Liberal, Is, 702, and TIE So |
cialist candidate, Il, $50 The prospects |
of the success of the Septennis.s are good. |
A formidable increase in the number of |
Socialists throughout the empire is
prominent fact.
PARTIAL RETURNS.
BERLIN, Feb. %, ga. M-The results in |
II election districts are known. In - |
districts new elections VII be necessary.
In y these contests will De between |
Socialists and Septennists, in between !
New German Liberals aud Septennlsts, in |
3 between Centreists and Sep,ennists, |
in l between Centreists and D Democrats,
in l between Socialists and New German
Liberals and in l between New German |
Liberals and Conservatives. Among |
the candidates returned are |
Centreists, 20 National Liberals, 5 !
Socialists, 2 imperislists, Conservatives,
Guelph, l New German Liberal and ~ |
Alsatians, including Herr Kable and An
tonic. Other candidates of the Protestant |
party, who were renominated. have been